Film-mulched Ridge-Furrow management increases maize productivity and sustains soil organic carbon in a dryland cropping system

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1434-1441

  Liu, Xiao E ^a   Li, Xiao Gang ^a   Hai, Long ^a   Wang, Yong Peng ^a   Fu, Tao Tao ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Li, Feng Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FILM GROWTH; GRAIN GROWTH; MINERALOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

DRYLAND CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY; SOC CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILM; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; MULCHING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84906213102     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.04.0121     Document Type: Article

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